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Blog is still alive! On eBay for three days. LINK By the way... Visit me on Twitter and Facebook! Follow and Like ! :)

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Title is a quote from the VIKING SAGAS Digital Color on drybrush ink and bristol.

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"Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!... Where soars the Silver Surfer.... There he must soar ... alone!"  :D Shot of work in progress and finished result. Copics, Tombow, Pitt & LePen inks. Original Art is Available on ebay now as well as other work.

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Been awhile since my last update. I was away most of last month working on a new episode for NCIS:LA titled, 'KILLHOUSE' written by Dave Kalstein. Had a great time creating the fight sets for most of this episode. Keeping it semi- realistic, but of course factoring in the dynamics and the drama required to tell the story for the TV screen.  It's also one of the most action packed episodes as

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Check out my Instagram page as well. Not so still life. Outdoor Pics. Set Pics! NIGHTSOULTRAFFIC

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Be Bold and all the Dragons will cower.

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Swing By My Brand New Artist Page On Facebook

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Been busy on several fronts this month. Updating you on images I have been posting up on my twitter feed. (@RafaelKayanan) So if you've been following me on there you've seen these test designs for all over tee shirts popping up lately. I'll delve more into 'Lost Kingdom Apparel' and a little bit about the thinking behind each shirt when we get things up and running. I'm excited to

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Ink with digital color.

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There's many ways to interpret a line drawing with color in CS5. So I've put this image thru many different test runs. In this version I was experimenting with dropping out the white color entirely, then using the remaining art as a color selection.By creating several layers of various colors I would erase portions of one layer to reveal the colors beneath with a custom brush.The image starts to

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Ink with digital color.

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Comic book writer Ron Marz interviews me about my experiences on an earlier film version of John Carter of Mars at his Shelf Life column featured on Comic Book Reseources.

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Just a heads up - I got a chance to work on a quick knife fight last month for the CBS show NCIS:LA.TV, especially network tv, well this kind of thing is few and far between. The actress is Daniela Ruah , she executed a very physical knife fight scene extremely well.She plays the character Kensi Blye.Her awesome stunt double Tammie Baird is standing on the left, but Daniela shot the whole fight

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Did this in Illustrator CS5.Utilized indigenous sword details and shield into the recognizable forms of the sun and stars.

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Pen and ink concept sketch for 2005 version of JOHN CARTER.Woola to the rescue!

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This photo was taken by Philippe Diederich back in 1999 of REH's studio/room and the typewriter replica he wrote on.It was in a modest porch that was closed in to fit his bed, writing desk and trunk of books /manuscripts.In this little room all these immense tales were written about Conan, Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Red Sonya and an age undreamed of.

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Unused concept art.

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Ink and Digital

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The book is available now! Excuse the bad cell phone pic. The actual printed cover looks great!ORDER ONLINE:Digital Painted Front Cover."Product DescriptionThe Walking Dead gained national attention as AMC’s latest critically acclaimed drama, shattering the network’s previous premiere ratings highs and earning a second season renewal after its very first episode. But before its television debut,

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Coverage and photo from Attention Deficit DeliriumPlus, an IMMORTALS review that I'm gonna tattoo on the back of my worst critic at Nostalgia Books and Comics "Kayanan’s images pulsate with rapidity yet masterful pacing. This Ares centric tale captures the beauty of War through Kayanan’s choreography of dynamic action, anatomy and emotion." I think they are the bestest reviewer ever.

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This is a brief video showing some of the creation of the mural spread in the IMMORTALS: GODS and HEROES GN from Archaia. Relativity had a huge wall sized print of it at the New York Comic-Con with a small snippet from this sequence. It's not a tutorial but a small glimpse into the creative process.Of course, you'll have to pick up the exquisitely designed book at your local B&N or online

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Signing IMMORTALS : GODS & HEROES with writer Ron Marz Friday 12 noon at the RELATIVITY booth #444 come by & say hello!The above image is a DOC SAVAGE drawing I colored in CS5. It;s one of many large art prints I will have available soon.Has nothing to do with the signing but I can't show any interiors from the book just yet.

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Order here: More info about the book at comicbuzz.com

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